Emotion of Facial Acne, Perceived Dysregulation and Social Anxiety on Adolescents

Abstract

Millions of individuals throughout the world suffer from acne, one of the most common dermatological disorders. Despite being often believed to be a condition that mostly affects young adults, it is increasingly observed in adolescents, especially adult girls. This study was to assess how well the difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) predict social anxiety in participants with facial acne and investigate the connection between facial acne or prevalent psychopathologies including depression and anxiety. Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) was used to assess the Social Appearance anxiety Scale (SAAS) while the severity of acne measured by Perceived Dysregulation Scale (DERS). CADI, DERS, and SAAS scores, as well as sociodemographic information, were gathered on standardized forms, and SPSS version 27 was used for analysis.  The qualitative factors were displayed as percentages and frequencies, whereas the quantitative data were displayed as means. A P-value of less than 0.05 was deemed statistically significant.  The mean age of the 100 participants in this study was 1.61 (.49), with 39 men and 61 women. The findings indicated a significant relationship (P<0.001) between the participants' social anxiety impairment and the severity of their acne vulgaris. This study found a substantial correlation between acne vulgaris and social anxiety. Cardiff acne disability index has shown to be a reliable method to assess the quality of life.  Since mild disease may cause patients disproportionate distress, it is advised that dermatological clinics use it regularly to provide individualized treatment.